The department of International Studies and History on
August 2nd held a talk on the US Electoral Process by Dr. Craig. L.
Dicker, Counselor, Embassy of US, New Delhi. The programme was attended by
Students of Department of International Studies and History and also by the students
of the School of Law.
The programme commenced with an invocation by the
students of 2nd Year MAIS followed by an introduction to the keynote
speaker by Dr. Venugopal Menon, HoD, Department of International Studies and
History.
Dr. Craig spoke on the evolution of the US Elections
and later moved to the existing scenario where he spoke about the stiff
competition between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
He touched upon aspects
of the funding of the electoral process. He greatly emphasised on the increasing
role of Social Media in the Election process. The challenge posed by the
bureaucracy to the President’s Rule in America.
Post presentation the floor was opened to questions followed by the
launch of the blog. The programme concluded with a vote of thanks by Mandhara from
2nd Year. Thus came to an end a very engaging topic of the US
Election and the Electoral Process.
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